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French Fruit Salad

From Columbia cook book (1902).

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A historical recipe

Columbia cook book (1902).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

  • Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. One head of lettuce
  2. one-half pint mayonnaise

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Mayonnaise High in vitamin E

    High in vitamin E · 7.1 mg per 100 g, 59% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient found in many foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Mayonnaise, Regular”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. One head of lettuce, one dozen English walnuts, two dozen large white grapes, three bananas, two oranges, one-half pint mayonnaise.
  2. Peel the oranges, divide into lobes, and cut each lobe into three pieces, removing the seed.
  3. Skin the white grapes with a very sharp knife and remove the seed.
  4. Shell and halve the walnuts ;
  5. slice bananas with "a silver knife.
  6. Arrange the fruit on the lettuce, rejecting all leaves but the crispest and most delicate.
  7. Cover with mayonnaise dressing and serve ice cold.
  8. MRS.
  9. N.
  10. R.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
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Credit

From Columbia cook book (1902), printed page 47, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/columbiacookbook00loui

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.